Category Archives: Early Flight

Boeing 307 converted to yacht

It’s not everyday you see one of these cruise through the harbor—or docked at the local marina. That’s because Cosmic Muffin, the “boat” you see in the photo on the left, is a true one of a kind: At one … Continue reading

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Photo published in the Aerospace Encyclopedia

I just gave my permission for my photo of a Bleriot XI taken at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI to be published in the next edition of the Aerospace Encyclopedia.  Go figure I travel all through the United … Continue reading

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National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

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National Museum of the USAF

Here are photos from my visit last week.

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Flightgear 2.0 released

The open source flight simulator project has just released Flightgear 2.0. …FlightGear is a free flight simulator project. It is being developed through the gracious contributions of source code and spare time by many talented people from around the globe. … Continue reading

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Russian K-7 Heavy Aircraft

Kalinin K-7 (Russian: ??????? ?-7) was a heavy experimental aircraft designed and tested in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s. K-7 was of unusual configuration with twin booms and large underwing pods housing fixed landing gear and machine gun … Continue reading

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National Museum of the United States Air Force

Here are photos from my recent visit.

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SPAD VII

From Wikipedia The SPAD S.VII was the first of a series of highly successful biplane fighter aircraft produced by Société Pour L’Aviation et ses Dérivés (SPAD) during the First World War. Like its successors, the S.VII was renowned as a … Continue reading

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Kalamazoo Air Zoo

I recently had a chance to visit the Kalamazoo Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Zoo is one of the best air museums in the midwest and well worth a visit.  The museum has expanded to include a nice collection … Continue reading

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New England Air Museum

The New England Air Museum is located at Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA. The museum is housed in three large display buildings consisting of more than 75,000 square feet (7,000 m²) of exhibit space. In fair weather, the outside storage … Continue reading

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